Saturday, March 26, 2005

Powerline notes:

My guess is people are starting to grow weary of the Schiavo debate, to a certain extent I too grow tired of it.

Deacon at Powerline has an extremely sensible blog about it. No matter what side of the issue you fall on he does point out with a little thought one can typically see the other side of the argument. I can not say I fall far from the fence but I am definitely on the keep her alive side. I admit to some cynicism about Michael's motives.

In the end this is what ALL have to keep in mind: "However, as neurologist Kenneth Gross argues in today's Washington Times questions about what Terri feels and about her state of consciousness are essentially unanswerable on the basis of today's science. Thus, it is understandable that people resolve them based on their world view." (from Deacon's blog)

This cuts both ways. Perhaps Terri is not feeling anything. Perhaps she reacts to the balloon as a hydra reacts to light BUT WE CAN NOT TELL FOR SURE!

Sean Hannity has had a guest on his show a couple of times who suffered some kind of stroke. She was in a state characterized as coma for sometime. She said all the while she was perfectly conscious and aware. The doctors were trying to get her husband to kill her off ("pull the plug" is a euphemism for muddling up what is really going on). All the while this woman was feeling hearing and struggling to escape. They never bothered anaesthetizing her when operating and she felt real pain though she was unable to communicate that to others.

Hindrocket previous to Deacon's blog blogged this. It is a photo of a guy holding a sign stating "Jeb is like Terri Brain Dead!". That is really going to make things better!
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